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prairie

[prair-ee] / ˈprɛər i /


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Since OpenAI’s ChatGPT lit this prairie fire in November 2022, the semiconductor ETF is up around 190%.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

I’m usually a loyalist to the cornmeal-swirled muffin — I love that little grainy grit, the way it reins in lush summer fruit with a bit of prairie stoicism.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

Among the factors in that slide was a drought that struck the cattle-raising prairie states starting in 2020 and lasting through 2022.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

Nothing could have provided a more suitable host than an area of prairie where native grasses had been scythed away and the ground torn up by metal ploughshares and the hooves of a farmer’s horses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Lord knows how I could have thought that old horse would outrun anything, but there’s not a lot of clear thinking when you’re alone on the prairie at sunrise.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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